We are safe! We knew we were going to be safe, but now we know we are safe. Which is a lot nicer, don't you think? Now all the paranoids can relax, sit back, look at the sky and wave goodbye to 2012 DA14 as it leaves us at five miles per second.

It was a close call but, as predicted, 2012 DA14 just passed by. It went through its closest point to Earth at 2:25PM EST. At this point, it was within the same range of Earth's geostationary satellites.

By the way, there's no reason to worry about these satellites either: NASA has been working with US Space Command and there's no chance of collision with any spacecraft now in orbit.

So let's celebrate until the next time.

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oh well try again wrote:http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Recent+Asteroids+Hitting+Earth&FORM=RESTAB

These are super cool.

Did you see this one? Namibia has been made it into a tourist attraction.

Hoba meteorite – Namibia, Otjozondjupa. The largest known single-piece meteorite and the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth. The stone fell some 80,000 years ago, it weighs more than 60 tons, 2.7 by 2.7 m long.http://www.wondermondo.com/Attractions/ ... raters.htm

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